Tier One program

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The Tier One program was a privately funded aerospace initiative led by Scaled Composites to develop and fly the suborbital spacecraft SpaceShipOne, culminating in winning the Ansari X Prize.

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Tier One program canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aerospace program
private spaceflight program
achievement won the Ansari X Prize
artifactDisplay SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
associatedWith Burt Rutan
Paul Allen
award Collier Trophy
surface form: Collier Trophy 2004
backer Paul Allen
Vulcan Inc.
carrierAircraft White Knight
category commercial human spaceflight
competition Ansari X Prize
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 3
dateOfPrizeWin 2004-10-04
developerOf SpaceShipOne
firstSpaceflightDate 2004-06-21
firstSpaceflightVehicle SpaceShipOne
fundingType privately funded
goal develop a reusable suborbital crewed spacecraft
win the Ansari X Prize
heritage led to commercial suborbital tourism concepts
influenced SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic
innovation feathering reentry system
inspired Tier 1b program
Tier Two program
leader Scaled Composites
location Mojave, California
milestone first privately funded human spaceflight program to reach space multiple times in a short period
notableFlight SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne flight 15P

SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne flight 16P

SpaceShipOne
surface form: SpaceShipOne flight 17P
operatedBy Scaled Composites
primaryContractor Scaled Composites
propulsion hybrid rocket motor
recognizedBy National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
surface form: National Air and Space Museum
regulatoryAuthority Federal Aviation Administration
spacecraft SpaceShipOne
spacecraftType suborbital spaceplane
status completed
testSite Mojave Air and Space Port
xPrizeRequirement reach 100 km altitude twice within two weeks with a reusable spacecraft

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SpaceShipOne partOf Tier One program
Flight 17P vehicleFamily Tier One program